, so out to the battlefield it goes! The last time we looked at Standard, Delver was the top deck. Now, we are dominated by a beast that likes to give and give. Many people have made comments about how great Thragtusk

So let’s look at the card itself so we can see what we are up against. He costs Four and a single Green mana, making him splashable in many decks with the help of the shocklands from Return to Ravnica. This means that if we want to stop him, we need to kill the opponent quickly. Thragtusk

s, such as Protection or other abilities that target that type specifically. The power and toughness are Five and Three, respectively. This means that he can drop your life total by a quarter each time he connects! The toughness is its weakness, as it is low for a creature of his size. The problem with combating Thragtusk

. Also, do you remember we just talked about blink strategies? Yeah, this could be a problem for us.So what can we do about this beasty? Burn it? Kill it? Quit Standard and go play Commander? NO! We shall face it and conquer it! But how?

Simple: We strike at the heart of the problem: their mana. Without mana, they cannot cast the beast. Conveniently, there are some spells at our disposal that can help us accomplish this. First though, what colors should be used? Land destruction is primarily in red, with some destruction in Green such as Acidic Slime

This deck can destroy an opponent by at least turn seven in Magical Christmas Land, but I look forward to playing the deck against a real opponent at some point. It may be this deck is easily hated, or it may be the thing that makes Thragtusk